IPL 2012 Live: CSK vs PWI cricket scores and commentary

Back to back losses for Pune. They will be livid with themselves, both were matches that they had to win. Poor death bowling in the previous game and poor batting towards the death in this game has cost them the match here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. Score| Photos

Chennai keep their trend of winning alternate matches alive. Handshakes all around as the teams walk into the dressing room. Dhoni trusted his spinners despite the dew and they did well. Bravo was excellent too with the ball. Stay tuned for the presentation.

IPL 2012: CSK vs PWI Live: Chennai won by 13 runs

CSK 164/5 in 20 overs beat PWI 151/7 in 20 overs.

11:43 pm | 19.6 overs: And that's all for the day! CSK beat PWI by 13 runs. Dwayne Bravo to Bhuvneshwar, 1 run, Game, Set Match - they would say in Tennis. Dhoni's Chennai have defeated Ganguly's Pune by 13 runs, slower ball outside the off stump, it goes off the outside edge to third man, only a single.

Murali Kartik, left handed bat, comes to the crease

11:35 pm | 19.1 overs: WICKET! Dwayne Bravo to Mathews, out Bowled!! That wasn't a wicket taking ball, poor batting from Mathews this. Fine leg was in and Dwayne Bravo bowled a full toss on the leg stump, should be considered a bread and butter ball at this stage but Mathews walked across looking to help it over fine leg, doesn't get his bat on it, Mathews b Dwayne Bravo 27(22) [4s-1] (PWI 144/7 in 19.1 overs)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes to the crease

11:32 pm | 18.2 overs: WICKET! And gradully Pune head towards their doom in Chennai. Bollinger to Steven Smith, out Caught by du Plessis!! Steven Smith had to get the big hit, chose the right ball to go after it, it was pitched up and he had to get it over long on, struck it hard but get more elevation than distance, it took ages to come down, du Plessis at long on had to come a couple of paces forward, he kept his eyes on the ball and took it cleanly. The crowd erupts. Steven Smith c du Plessis b Bollinger 23(21) (PWI 141/6 in 18.2 overs)

11:26 | 17.1 overs: Dwayne Bravo to Steven Smith, 2 runs, does well to bowl a yorker length delivery on the middle and leg, Steven Smith digs it out of the toe end of the bat, the ball was ambling towards deep mid, they easily complete the 2nd run. This match will go down to the wire.

Angelo Mathews comes to the crease

11:07 pm | 13.2 overs: WICKET! Ashwin to Marlon Samuels, out Caught by Nuwan Kulasekara!! My word! Ashwin tossed the ball up, it took ages to reach the batsman, slower through the air inviting Marlon Samuels to go over the infield, he tried to get under it and brought in the drive, didn't get the elevation, struck it straight to the man at short extra cover, simple catch that. That wasn't a great delivery by any means, but it has earned him a wicket. Marlon Samuels c Nuwan Kulasekara b Ashwin 26(24) [4s-2 6s-1] (PWI 97/5 in 13.2 overs)

Steven Smith comes into the middle

10:50 pm | 9.4 overs: WICKET! And Pune skipper Sourav Ganguly takes a walk. PWI in deep trouble here. Jakati to Ganguly, out Caught by Nuwan Kulasekara!! Ganguly wanted to up the ante, shimmied down the wicket looking to go over mid on, the face of the bat turned up as he swung at it, the ball ballooned high up in the air, Kulasekara at mid on settled under it and took it at the edge of the circle with fingers pointing up. Ganguly c Nuwan Kulasekara b Jakati 24(26) [4s-4] (PWI 64/4 in 9.4 overs)

Marlon Samuels comes into the middle

10:33 pm | 6.1 oers: WICKET! Dwayne Bravo to Manish Pandey, out Caught by Badrinath!! Lovely catch! The catching has been brilliant today from Chennai. Full and on off - Manish Pandey looks go over the off side but the bat turns in his hands, it goes off the bottom of the bat and flies high to sweeper cover, Badri runs across to his right, judges it well and takes a tumbling catch. Chennai are striking at regular intervals. Manish Pandey c Badrinath b Dwayne Bravo 13(6) [6s-1] (PWI 53/3 in 6.1 overs)

10:20 pm | 3.4 overs: WICKET.And Pune's big game player Jesse Ryder takes a walk as Chennai's Sri Lankan import Nuwan Kulasekara celebrtes. Kulasekara to Ryder, out Caught by Dwayne Bravo!! Superb catch! And an even better dance after that! There was a man at deep mid wicket and Ryder finds the man. In the slot and he frees his arms, heaves across and ends up hitting it to deep mid wicket where Bravo runs in and dives forward to take it just above the ground. And follows it up with a shake of the hip too. Kulasekara has removed both openers. Ryder c Dwayne Bravo b Nuwan Kulasekara 9(10) [4s-2] (PWI 26/2 in 3.4 overs)

Captain Sourav Ganguly, left handed bat, comes to the crease

10:10 overs | 1.2 overs: WICKET! Uthappa falls cheaply. Nuwan Kulasekara to Uthappa, out Caught by Ashwin!! Uthappa tries it again but perishes! A good catch as well. Once again a length ball, Uthappa comes on the frontfoot and punches on the up but doesn't time it well, it was dying in front of mid off but Ashwin dived forward to take a good low catch. Early strike for CSK - a much needed one. Uthappa c Ashwin b Nuwan Kulasekara 8(5) [4s-2] (PWI 13/1 in 1.2 overs)

10:04 pm | 0.2 overs: Bollinger to Uthappa, FOUR, edged to the boundary! Fuller and outside off, Uthappa comes on the frontfoot and pushes at it but gets a thick outside edge that goes between slip and third man, Bollinger isn't impressed!

10:00 pm | Uthappa and Ryder are at the crease. Uthappa is on strike. Bollinger will open the attack

9:46 pm | 19.6 overs: WICKET on the last ball of the innings. Jadeja walks, this time cheaply. Marlon Samuels to Ravindra Jadeja, out Caught by Rahul Sharma!! Ravindra Jadeja looks to finish it with a bang but doesn't quite get enough of bat on it. Flighted on middle and leg, Ravindra Jadeja tries to heave it away into the stands on the on side but gets beaten in the flight and skies this one. The ball goes miles in the air but fails to go the distance and Rahul Sharma at deep mid-wicket gets under it to complete a simple catch. Ravindra Jadeja c Rahul Sharma b Marlon Samuels 7(3) [6s-1] (CSK 164/5 in 20 overs)

19.5 overs: Marlon Samuels to Dhoni, 1 run, on the leg stump. Dhoni drives it with some force to long on for a single

19.4 overs: Marlon Samuels to Dhoni, FOUR great timing from Dhoni! Straight towards the deep.

19.3 overs: Marlon Samuels to Dhoni, SIX, massive strike! Get out a new set of balls please, this one is out of here! Tossed up on middle and leg. Dhoni gets under the ball and launches it way over the bowler's head towards long on. The ball goes beyond the stands and out of the stadium

9:44 pm | 19.1 overs: Marlon Samuels to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX, launches it straight away! What a way to get off the mark! straight down the ground, Marlon Samuels [3.0-0-21-2] is back into the attack

Last over of the innings

9:42 pm | 18.6 overs: Nehra to Dhoni, FOUR, Dhoni unleashes the trademark helicopter shot! Full on the off stump. Dhoni clears his front leg and whips it away with a flick of the wrists and sends the ball darting back past the bowler, straight down the ground for a boundary. That could have done some serious damage to Nehra who for a moment thought about catching it

Ravindra Jadeja, left handed bat, comes to the crease

9:38 pm | 18.5 overs: WICKET! Nehra to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by Mathews!! Dwayne Bravo doesn't quite get this out of the middle. Fuller length delivery outside the off stump. Dwayne Bravo tries to go for the big drive over sweeper cover but ends up slicing it and the ball goes to Mathews at that positon who makes no mistake in taking a fairly simple catch. Dwayne Bravo c Mathews b Nehra 12(8) [6s-1] (CSK 142/4 in 18.5 overs)

Dwayne Bravo, right handed bat, comes to the crease

9:30 pm | 16.3 overs: WICKET! That's the third one for PWI. Nehra to Raina, out Caught by Kartik!! Raina's woes against the short delivery fail to cease! Banged in short on the off stump. Raina tries to pull it across the line and gets a top edge that goes away in the air towards fine leg. Kartik gets under it and dives forward to complete the catch just as the ball was dying on him. Raina c Kartik b Nehra 0(2) (CSK 119/3 in 16.3 overs)

MS Dhoni comes to the crease

15.5 overs: WICKET! With Faf back in the dugout, Badrinath follows suit. Marlon Samuels to Badrinath, out Caught by Mathews at mid wicket!! Samuels has taken another one in the over! Both the openers have departed now! On middle this time, Badrinath tried to go for a big shot. He was a little tired perhaps and that was evident in the shot as it lacked power. The ball went to deep mid-wicket and Mathews judged it to perfection to complete the catch. Badrinath c Mathews b Marlon Samuels 57(48) [4s-8] (CSK 116/2 in 15.5 overs)

Suresh Raina, left handed bat, comes to the crease. Faf and Badrinath put on 116 runs for the first wicket.

9:21 pm | 15.3 overs: WICKET at last to Pune and Faf du Plessis walks off. Marlon Samuels to du Plessis, out Caught by Mathews!! A good knock comes to an end! Short on the off stump, a littler quicker from Marlon Samuels. du Plessis gets forward and tries to heave it away into the stands on the on side. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't time it well enough and ends up sending it to Mathews who comes in from deep mid wicket to take a good catch. du Plessis c Mathews b Marlon Samuels 58(48) [4s-4 6s-2] (CSK 116/1 in 15.3 overs)

9:15 pm | 15 overs: Good over there for CSK. Ganguly puts down a sitter for a second time and then three fours came off badrinath's bat. CSK are 115/0 at the stage.

14.4 Bhuvneshwar to Badrinath, FOUR, to third man

14.3 Bhuvneshwar to Badrinath, FOUR, another one! between midwicket and long on,

14.2 Bhuvneshwar to Badrinath, FOUR, short on middle and leg. Badrinath pulls it away and places it perfect as the ball beats the man runing around from third man and goes down to backward square leg for a boundary

9:12 pm | 14.1 overs: Bhuvneshwar to Badrinath, 2 runs, Ganguly puts down another! Length ball angled in to the batsman on middle and leg. Badrinath slogs it in the air towards mid wicket. Ganguly runs back and tries to take it over his head but ends up sticking one hand out and drops it. It was a tough chance and perhaps he could have let the man running in from the boundary to take it. Badrinath gets another life. Ganguly injures himself in trying to take that one and the physio comes to assist him. He seems to have hurt his shoulder and chest there. To the delight of his players and his fans, Ganguly gets off the ground and seems to want to get on with things

9:03 pm | There's an appeal for a run out and it has gone up to the third umpire. For some reason this decision is taking an age. An absolute shocker! The third umpire feels the evidence is in favour of the batsman. Perhaps the third umpire felt that the bails were not completely off when the bat was on the line and gave the benefit of the doubt in his favour.

12.5 overs: Rahul Sharma to Badrinath, 1 run, low full toss on middle and leg. Badrinath gets down on one knee and goes for the big shot but fails to connect it and it goes to the fielder at long on.

8:55 pm | 11.4 overs: Marlon Samuels to du Plessis, FOUR, streaky boundary! On the off stump this time, stays a little low. du Plessis comes down the wicket and gets a slight bottom edge on it. The ball misses the off stump by a whisker and beats the keeper to go for a boundary.

8:45pm | 10 overs: CSK are 68/0 at the stage with openers Faf du Plessis (36*) and S Badrinath (31*) in the middle. The run rate is a steady 6.80 at the stage. Needless to say that CSK haven't tried anything wayward till now.

8:25 pm | 5.3 overs: Bhuvneshwar to du Plessis, SIX, what power! Length delivery on the off stump. du Plessis comes down the wicket and employs a powerful on drive. The ball goes sailing over the ropes at long on for a maximum!

8:05 pm | 1st over: CSK are 6 for no loss with openers Faf du Plessis and S Badrinath at the crease. The current run rate is a perfect 6. They would be aiming to raise that as the match progresses.

8:00 pm | Faf du Plessis and Badrinath are at the crease. du Plessis is on strike. Kartik will open the attack

Ravindra jadeja is sitting in the dug out and is sporting a new hairstyle with CSK etched on the right side of his head. No wonder he was bought by CSK for a whopping $2 million. LOL!

Ganguly: We have played reasonably well, we are happy with the performance. It has been a balanced performance, we need to be more consistent. These are still early days and we need to play well on this Chennai wicket that looks good for 40 overs of cricket. Dinda is out and Murali Kartik is in.

Dhoni: It has been a tough journey, but we aren't really disappointed. We haven't lost in a stretch. Ups and downs are a part of the game. The hospitality is great, so the travel hasn't been hectic either. Hopefully, we will get better.